Corset



May 11,1926. 1,584,434

H. A. COLLEY CORSET Filed April 1, 1924 I 6H0: new

f an} A. 60227, 1

PatenteddM ayi 11,- 1926..

UNITED STATES-PRTENT OFFICE,

mm: A. obIILEY, or mimolr, MICHIGAN, ASSDIGNOR TO AMERICAN LADY conszrr column, or memo r, ILIIIGHIGAN,1A CORPORATION or MICHIGAN.

CORSET.

. I l k t k y This lnvention relates to corsets The 1nvent1on,,.cons1sts in 'thestructural features forth.

- Ii1 the drawings-:-

1924. Serial no. 703,355;

eflect at the front upper portion of the garment and act at the rear lower portion thereand arrangement pf parts" hereinafter set of to confine the buttocks. Thc inclination or said strips to the waist line causes the stress at the front to act somewhat down- Figure 1 isza view' of the improved corset 'wardly and gives a ,slightly upward direcin one embod ment opened 'outa Figure 2 is a top view of the same; Figure 3 is a side plied to the figure;

Q -n I I l a a Figure 4 1s aview similar to F igure 1,

but disclosing an alternative construction.

In these viewsthe reference character 1 designates an inelastic section which forms a central back piece $055 the corset. Said section is 'vertica ly elongated andis reinforced along its vertical edges as indicated at 2, the reinforcements being the usual well known flexible strips.

To the'vertical edges of the section 1 similar inner and outer elastic sections 3 and.

4 are stitched. The sections u and 4 inclined slightly upwardly and'downwardly and freely overlapeach other. The ends of each pair ofstrlps 3 and 1, are connected to an inelastic binding strip 5 within which are extended vertical reinforcements (3 known to the trade as cla sps. Said clasps have fasteners 7 and 8 whlch are detachably engageable with each other at the front-of the garment. Preferably triangular in.- elastic reinforcing pieces 9 are secured. to

the inner sections 3 adjacent the binding 5;

In the alternative construction disclosed in Figure 4 there is employed. a back piece 10, such as has been described. From each vertical edge of said back piece there is ex tended as before a freely crossed pair ofmembers 11. and 12 which, inthis instance,

are formed primarily of inelastic-yfabric, 'each of said sections, however, having ine termediate its ends an elastic insert 13 extending the full height of said member. In other respects-this alternative construction does not materially differ from that shown in Figures 1 and 2.

It willbe'noted that in both disclosed forms ofthe invention the outer. of each pair of crossed members has a vertical extent somewhat less than that of the companioninner member.; V 1 f In theuse of the describedgarment, the

,. inner tri s 3 are under a suflicient elastic te'nsion'to exercise a diaphragm-confining View of the same" apl? tion to the stress or restraint acting upon he buttocks. Also, the strips '4, in use, are under a tension, acting at an angle to the waist line and eii'ercising both a supporting and uplifting effect in the lower front abdominal region and causing the back upper portion of the arment to snugly conform f fthe back. These diagonal ly to the curvature of the hips and other engaged portions of thebod The fact that the crossed members of each pair are connected only at their exfl 'tremitles permits a free relative movementbetween said members so that th eymayindependently" ex and or contract to adapt themselves to t e .figure. The reinforced strip atthe back is less free to flex between its upper and lower edges than the crossed.

membersiand consequently ezgercises a confining and-supporting effect. The triangular pieces 9 reinforce the garment at the points which are subjected to maximum ten-- S1011.

" What I claim as my invention is A corset comprising a pair ofvertically elongated fabricmstrips, sets of fasteners carried by said strips and adapted to detachahly connect said strips, a pair of freely crossed, relatively inclined, elastic webs, secured to each of said strips and, partially overlapped attheir juncture with said strips, and a fabric member toopposite edges of which the other ends of the. two pairs of webs are secured in a partially overlapped relation, said webs forming the sole con- HARRYA. COLLEY.

I J IIGCtlOIl between the fastener-can'ying strips 

